Listening This While I Am Waiting For The Gabriel BOX!

13 years after his first collection Shaking The Tree it is good time for new Gabriel collection. Instead of fact that he has made only two studio albums between these collections.



Allright! Let's see what songs he and his recording company has chosen. First cd has been named `Hit`(cd1) There are Gabriel's most succesful single tracks such as Sledgehammer(1#, most played video on MTV), Shock The Monkey(first chart hit which went on top 40), Don't Give Up( top 10, a great duet with Kate Bush) and Steam(top 40) My personal favourites on this Hit are interesting Games Without Frontiers, an emotional More Than This and a catchy pop song Red Rain Overall, Hit(cd1) sounds very good and I would give it 4,5 stars. Selections are made by care and with good taste!



Second cd has been named Miss and there are for exemple songs which aren't hits or singles at all. A peaceful San Jacinto, a wild The Rhythm Of The Heat, in posivive way strange Signal To Noise and a beautiful Downside Up are best songs on this Miss cd. The Tower That Ate People and Lovetown are songs that I would drop out this collection because these are booring and horrible songs.



In my opinion, this is not definitive collection because you can not find some important songs here. 2(stratch) album has chosen nothing which means that Gabriel do not like this album at all. Also Passion and Birdy soundtrack has forgotten! But if you are lucky, you can find German Hit edition. There are D.I.Y(2) and A Different Drum(Passion) which means that it is little bit more diverse than original Hit collection. Buy it if you find it! I have heard that Gabriel is going to release box on this year. Hopefully, then I can find many rarities, B=sides and live performances on that box.



This collection is good start for people who wants to know what kind of music Gabriel has made from 1977 to 2003. For fans this collection is not give a lot because there is only one new song(Burn You Up, Burn You Down) and one new recording Downside Up(original version can be found on OVO)

Finally, Hit is not perfect but it is the best official collection want you can find.

Super CD

An amazing compilation of Peter Gabriel's best recordings ever! I was shaking with anticipation for this CD and I was not let down. 2 CD set, one called "Hit" one called "Miss" portraying what I feel is PG's classification of songs he feels were righfully successful and songs he felt should've been, but were never given a chance. Peter Gabriel was one who always walked the fine line between commercial and indie music and his fans were always the beneficiaries. I have worn out these CD's and made copies for both my cars. I absolutely LOVE it!

Worth buying

I bought this CD just for Solsbury Hill. The song is in Vanilla Sky which is one of the all time greatest movies. Every time I hear Solsbury Hill I think of that crazy movie. I've played the song and the movie lots of times and never get tired of either one. Peter Gabriel is one in a million.